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What Does a Performance Assessment Look Like? Here Are Six Examples

What does a performance assessment look like, and just how do you design one? Check out these six posters featuring performance assessments from the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA), bringing to life the multi-step, often interdisciplinary nature of the performance assessments. These examples show the connection between the performance assessments and academic and 21st century learning targets, illustrate open-ended and relevant learning experiences, and elevate the voice of teachers and their critical role in designing engaging, valid, and reliable assessment experiences for students.

A Movement Towards Personalized Professional Learning: An Exploration of Six Educator Micro-credential Programs

This paper highlights the unique, authentic stories of six micro-credential initiatives, exploring the various approaches to micro-credential implementation at schools across the United States. We interviewed district administrators in Utah, Wisconsin, Florida, Arkansas, and Maryland to investigate effective strategies for using micro-credentials in professional development for educators. As micro-credentials continue to develop on a wider scale, this paper hopes to provide insight into the benefits and challenges surrounding this new model of teacher learning.

Beyond Standardized Tests: A New Vision for Assessing Student Learning and School Quality

In this white paper, learn how the Massachusetts Consortium for Innovative Education Assessment (MCIEA) has taken the first steps to build stronger statewide assessments that engage students and determine school success based on multiple, rich criteria. Hear how teachers at an elementary school in Revere, MA made the switch to school-wide implementation of performance assessments, and gain valuable background on the development of MCIEA's School Quality Measures Framework.

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Where standardized tests oppress, performance assessments liberate, working with the intention to close achievement gaps grounded in racism and transform classrooms into culturally-responsive spaces where all students are set up for success.

Hear stories of students' learning—from the students themselves! The Assessment for Learning Project spoke with students around the country about their experiences with traditional versus project-based assessments.